diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e4ff26e0fa..21390d1cca1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Implement #81724 (openssl_cms_encrypt only allows specific ciphers).
     (Jakub Zelenka)
 
+- Phar:
+  . Fixed memory leaks when verifying OpenSSL signature. (Girgias)
+
 - Session:
   . Added support for partitioned cookies. (nielsdos)
 
diff --git a/ext/phar/util.c b/ext/phar/util.c
index 06394813574..aa30515eff6 100644
--- a/ext/phar/util.c
+++ b/ext/phar/util.c
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ zend_result phar_create_signature(phar_archive_data *phar, php_stream *fp, char
 
 			if (!EVP_SignInit(md_ctx, mdtype)) {
 				EVP_PKEY_free(key);
+				EVP_MD_CTX_free(md_ctx);
 				efree(sigbuf);
 				if (error) {
 					spprintf(error, 0, "unable to initialize openssl signature for phar \"%s\"", phar->fname);
@@ -1931,6 +1932,7 @@ zend_result phar_create_signature(phar_archive_data *phar, php_stream *fp, char
 			while ((sig_len = php_stream_read(fp, (char*)buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
 				if (!EVP_SignUpdate(md_ctx, buf, sig_len)) {
 					EVP_PKEY_free(key);
+					EVP_MD_CTX_free(md_ctx);
 					efree(sigbuf);
 					if (error) {
 						spprintf(error, 0, "unable to update the openssl signature for phar \"%s\"", phar->fname);
@@ -1941,6 +1943,7 @@ zend_result phar_create_signature(phar_archive_data *phar, php_stream *fp, char
 
 			if (!EVP_SignFinal (md_ctx, sigbuf, &siglen, key)) {
 				EVP_PKEY_free(key);
+				EVP_MD_CTX_free(md_ctx);
 				efree(sigbuf);
 				if (error) {
 					spprintf(error, 0, "unable to write phar \"%s\" with requested openssl signature", phar->fname);
@@ -1950,7 +1953,7 @@ zend_result phar_create_signature(phar_archive_data *phar, php_stream *fp, char
 
 			sigbuf[siglen] = '\0';
 			EVP_PKEY_free(key);
-			EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(md_ctx);
+			EVP_MD_CTX_free(md_ctx);
 #else
 			size_t siglen;
 			sigbuf = NULL;